Over 120 former Members of Parliament who lost during the May21, 2019 parliamentary elections are raising money to hire lawyers who would seek a fresh parliamentary poll. This follows a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the landmark election case which the court ordered the nullification of the election and ordered for a fresh election […]
Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) meets from Thursday to discuss the fate of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) spokesperson Jane Ansah and all commissioners. This follows the Monday Constitutional Court order which asked parliament to meet within 21 days to decide the fate of the commissioners after the court found them guilty of compromising the […]
Parliament says it is to start wiring immediately on a Constitutional Court order to put in place relevant laws for electoral reforms on 50+1 rule. Judge Healey Potani on Monday gave the 193-strong House 21 days to meet and pass the 50+1 rule. The court pointed out that country’s current electoral system for presidential elections, […]
Malawi Parliament is scheduled to meet for the 2019 – 2020 financial year mid year budget review from Monday, February 10 to 28 2020 in the Parliament Chamber in Lilongwe. A statement from the office of the speaker says the three-week long meeting will be the Third in the current 48th Session of Parliament. “All […]
Malawi Parliament has called for a meeting of legislators from February 10 to 28, 2020 for mid-term budget review. A statement from the office of the Speaker says the three-week meeting will be the third in the current 48th session of parliament. Apart from reviewing the budget, the House will also deal with other businesses […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Appointments Committee have resolved to lobby fellow legislators to push for review of statutes guiding operations of the Office of the Directorate of Public Officers Declarations (ODPOD), saying unless it is given teeth to bite, the annual exercise requiring public officers to declare their assets, will just be […]
Malawi Parliament says voting materials in the damaged warehouse in Blantyre are intact. Spokesperson for the parliament Leonard Mengezi said this as a team from the National Assembly inspected the damaged warehouse at Maone in Blantyre. Heavy rains and winds damaged the warehouse on Monday which houses voting and other electoral materials. “The affected part […]
A funeral service for of the country’s longest serving Speaker of Parliament Nelson Khonje took place Wednesday at Chikolosa Village Traditional Authority Kanduku in Mwanza district. Government ordered full military honours for the burial of the body of the 96-year-old former Speaker who died on November 24. He served as Speaker of Parliament for 12 years […]
Former Speaker of parliament Davis Katsonga has blamed lack of transparency and corruption on failure by most parliamentary committees to conclude crucial investigations. His comment comes at a time when the Legal Affairs Committee of parliament is probing how land for a public school at Livimbo in Lilongwe was allegedly sold to a Malawian of […]
Members of Parliament’s crucial parliamentary committee, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday started an orientation on how best to make checks and balances on public finances. Chairperson of PAC Ken Kandodo said there is high expectation from the public on the committee, saying people see the committee as an answer to a system that has […]
A group of women parliamentarians are in Scotland for a seven-day study tour, courtesy of the Scottish National Party (SNP) of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. Oxfam Malawi says the parliamentary Women’s Caucus members are engaged in a series of meetings with members of the Scottish parliament. Key stakeholders in the meetings, according to Oxfam […]
Malawi Parliament has adjourned sine die without confirming Duncan Mwapasa as Inspector General of police due to a court order but approved more debt for the government. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator obtained a court injunction restraining parliament from confirming Mwapasa until the issue of Rodney Jose was cleared. However, before adjournment, the backbenchers authorized […]
Leader of Government Business in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has said that Malawi ought to find means of looking after the welfare of former Members of Parliament (MPs) in recognition of their contribution to the development of the country. Nankhumwa made the proposal when he delivered his ‘discontinuance speech’ in Parliament on Friday, October 11, 2019 […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says parliament has passed the K1.7 trillion national budget at the expense of some public finance laws. Acting opposition leader Lobin Lowe said the MCP lacked the numerical numbers in the 193-strong House to reject the K1.6 billion budget for two stadia for privately run football clubs; Nyasa […]
Member of Parliament (MP) Ulemu Chilapondwa (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) stunned the opposition when he stood on a ‘point of order’ to chide some legislators including those from his party for unnecessarily prolonging deliberations, a move he said would delay passing of budget. During the committee of supply stage, Chilapondwa asked members of the opposition to […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Bright Msaka SC, has issued a stern warning to the National Assembly to ensure separation of powers in its operations, saying rushing to courts to seek injunctions on matters deliberated in the august House can negatively affect business of the legislature. Msaka said this after the motion for Acting […]
Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa has ruled out government plans to oust Speaker Catherane Gotani Hara, saying the issue has never been discussed. Nankhumwa said this on Wednesday in parliament when he gave a statement to the House on his controversial letter to Hara in which he described her as arrogant and biased towards […]
Malawi Parliament’s Business Committee has agreed that Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa should apologise to Speaker Catherane Gotani Hara over a letter which describes Hara as arrogant and biased towards the opposition. Parliament’s Business Committee is the political leadership of the 193-strong House which met on Tuesday following a commotion caused by opposition legislators […]